Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

The day a friend can in nothing avail a friend; nor will they be helped,

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْن۪ي مَوْلًى عَنْ مَوْلًى شَيْـٔاً وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَۙ
Yawma la yughnee mawlan AAan mawlanshay-an wala hum yunsaroon
#wordmeaningroot
1yawma(The) Dayيوم
2lānot
3yugh'nīwill availغني
4mawlana relationولي
5ʿanfor
6mawlana relationولي
7shayananythingشيا
8walāand not
9humthey
10yunṣarūnawill be helpedنصر
  • Aisha Bewley

    the Day when friends will be of no use at all to one another, and they will not be helped –

  • Progressive Muslims

    That is the Day when no friend can help his friend in any way; nor will they be helped.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    The Day, when no friend shall be of avail to his friend, and none shall be helped.

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    The day a friend can in nothing avail a friend; nor will they be helped,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    That is the Day when no friend can help his friend in any way; nor will they be helped.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    That is the day when no friend can help his friend in any way; nor will they be helped.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    That is the day when no friend can help his friend in any way; no one can be helped.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    The day when friend will help no friend in the least, nor will they be helped,

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    The Day when no relation will avail a relation at all, nor will they be helped -

  • Muhammad Asad

    the Day when no friend shall be of the least avail to his friend, and when none shall be succoured

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    A day when friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    the Day when a friend shall be of no avail to his friend* nor shall they be helped,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    This is the Eventful Day when no master shall avail his subordinates nor can a subordinate avail his master but like master, like man, nor can anyone afford them help,

  • Bijan Moeinian

    On that Day no one may benefit from any supporter and nobody will be of any help.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    The Day when a Maulâ (a near relative) cannot avail a Maulâ (a near relative) in aught, and no help can they receive,

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    The Day when no protector can avail his client in aught, and no help can they receive,

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    the Day no kith or kin will be of benefit to another whatsoever, nor will they be helped,

  • Taqi Usmani

    the day when no close relation will be of any use to any close relation, nor will they be helped,

  • Abdul Haleem

    a Day when no friend can take another’s place.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    the day a master shall avail nothing a client, and they shall not be helped,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    the day when master shall not avail client at all, nor shall they be helped;

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    The day on which friend can in naught avail friend, nor can they be helped,

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    The Day a patronizer will not avail any patronized thing, and they will not be vindicated,

  • George Sale

    a day, whereon the master and the servant shall be of no advantage to one another, neither shall they be helped;

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    The Day when the nearest of kin can be of no use to the related one, even the least, and no help can they receive,

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    The Day when no friend shall avail a friend in the least nor shall they be helped.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    the day when a friend will not avail a friend in any way, nor will they be helped,